60DDefamation

60D Defamation

60D Defamation

(1) The same privilege with respect to defamation as exists with respect to judicial proceedings and a document produced in judicial proceedings exists with respect to—

(a) a conferencing session, or

(b) a document or other material sent to or produced to the convenor of a conferencing session, or sent to the Commission, for the purpose of enabling a session to be arranged, or

(c) a document or other material prepared by the convenor of a conferencing session in the course of, or as a result of, the session.

(2) The privilege conferred by subsection (1) extends only to a publication made—

(a) at a conferencing session, or

(b) as provided by subsection (1) (b) or (c), or

(c) as provided in section 60F.

s 60D: Ins 1996 No 94, Sch 2.